Ok, some pics.
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Current Strings, low to high
E2 (.058)
G2 (.044)
D3 (.036)
Type: Posts; User: chris storz
Ok, some pics.
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Current Strings, low to high
E2 (.058)
G2 (.044)
D3 (.036)
It isn't too bad with this tuning. I've been going with D'Addario NYXL strings. Mark Erlewine very handily prints his recommended gauges on the back of the headstock for standard guitar tuning so...
Will post some pics after I replace the tuners. Switching out his stock 16/1 Grovers for some 18/1 Grover Rotogrips--which are locking. Eventually going to switch out the pickup for something more...
Ok, let me preface this by saying I know sod-all about mandolin construction.
From what I understand, one of the unique properties of the bowl back was that the construction allowed the back to...
Cool. Yeah. My brother built an 8 string guitar and quickly found out that he was better off using 8 single string bridges. .090 is what they use in suspension bridges, isn't it? :-)
The gauges...
Think you're missing a string there. A .018w maybe? .016p?
Cool, mind telling me what your scale and gauges are on that mini-V?
Thanks
Hrm, he calls for a .056 for E2, I wonder what F1 would need at that scale.
When they become available again, Erlewine is fresh out right now, I am going to buy a Chiquita Travel Guitar. 19 inches is the scale of a octave mando so I would think that a six string this size...
^^That. Like just about any other stringed instrument the ergonomics of the neck have a far larger affect on the sound than the actual "acoustical properties" of the wood that the neck is made of,...
Mike D. at Big Muddy can do you a 1 1/4" neck. Nice and roomy even for the fattest fingers.
There are plenty of pics of bluegrass players with fingers the size of summer sausages.
Yes. My wife shakes her head at the number of picks I own. I am currently on a quest to own one of every V-pick. Even the 11.xx mil Insanity. I can always use it for a paper weight.
Sure, perfectly valid exercise. I should have maybe retitled this, "A way to exercise the pinky for those who find doing finger exercises about as much fun as watching paint dry." which I do.
I am sure I am not the first person to stumble on this, but here it is.
So after about a week of picking up the mandolin seriously again I had managed to really bugger the tip of my index finger...
I have the new-ish white snark, which has a hertz mode. I am pretty happy with it but wish they had retained the old display mode with the progressing wedges.
For a really bright sound I like the V-Pick Screamer. The Chicken Picker for a slightly mellower sound. The Pachelli (V-pick, 4.75 mil) gives an interesting sound.
When I was learning guitar, I was taught what was once called efficient picking. Pick direction was determined by what was going on with the left hand. Say it is a passage of eighth notes. If they...
Absolutely none that can be determined prior the an instrument being assembled.
I have heard freshly assembled flat top guitars with tops that came from different parts of the same tree that...
Thanks. I have seen the ones that are in the classifieds, and yes they are beauts, but I am waiting to get some fairly specific design features. Going to be getting me an M11 with jumbo body and wide...
The definition of a blem really varies from manufacturer to manufacturer. Generally speaking any finish defect, no matter how minor or subtle, on the front of the instrument will cause any decent...
While I am saving my pennies to buy a Big Muddy from Mike Dulack before he drops of terminal carpel tunnel--seriously, he told me the other day that he has made something around 7000 mandolins--I...
^^Everything, but the above especially. Every band needs a great busker. A guy who will make them like you before you play a single note. If they like you, the audience will forgive a lot.
As far...
You have to be careful though. Over several years of guitar instruction I found tablature to be counterproductive to the teaching of notation. Students--esp. adult learners--used the tab as a crutch...
You're probably right. I have a handful of tunes solidly under my fingers. When it comes to music I am a slow learner but once I have a piece memorized I don't forget it.
Many college level theory courses spend a great deal of time developing this skill. It isn't as hard as you would think if you have a decent grounding in the music being played. For example if you...